Description de quelques pêcheries d'estuaire et paralagunaires du Languedoc (Globes, carrelets, ganguis)

The current state of affairs of marine fisheries is not the same everywhere along the coasts of our country. Written documents usually deal with the oceanic ports and fisheries which are the most industrialized, the artisanal fisherman from the South of France often being left aside by most authors. In the region, sea fishermen using a trawler or a tuna boat are, since the come back of the French people from Algeria and the building of an "ultra-modern" fish market in Séte, socially considered. But lagoon fishermen are still in the shadows. Apart from a few geographers, very few scientists have shown any interest in them and their fishery since Gourret in 1897. Today is the dawn of a new era for French lagoon exploitation; a slow transformation which takes its roots in aquaculture. This lagoon fishing, even if it is currently going through a crisis, is an important economic force for the Mediterranean area (Chonnet, 1973) and a greater hope if it succeeds in reorganizing itself.